Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin (, – 10 January 1969) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General of the

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during World War II and a

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Biography

Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin was born in the village of Trunovo in Tver Governorate (today in Kalininsky District in

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). In February 1917 he was drafted into the

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and took part in the

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as a non-commissioned officer. In September 1918 Shlyomin joined the

as a volunteer and took part in the

Russian Civil War The Russian Civil War () was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. I ...

as a platoon leader. In 1920 he joined the Communist Party. Between November 1937 and July 1940, he was Commandant of the Military Academy of the Staff.
Since July 1940 and at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Major General Shlyomin was Chief of Staff of the 11th Army. From May 1942 he was Chief of Staff of the

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, then he was Chief of Staff of the 1st Guards Army of the Southwestern Front. From January to April 1943 he commanded the

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on the Southwestern Front. On 19 March 1943, he was promoted to lieutenant general. From April to May 1943 he commanded the 12th Army on the Southwestern Front, from September 1943 to May 1944 the 6th Army on the Southwestern Front and the 3rd Ukrainian Front. From May 1944 to January 1945 he commanded the 46th Army on the 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. The armed forces under his command participated in the

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, the Donbass Operation, the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, the

Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive The Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive (Russian: Березнеговато-Снигирёвская Наступательная Операция, Bereznegovato-Snigirovskaya Nastupatel'naya Operatsiya) was an offensive operation conducted i ...

, the

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, the Debrecen Operation, the Belgrade Operation and the

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. On July 1, 1945, Ivan Shlyomin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the skillful organization of the troops and his courage. After the war he stayed in the army and was released from active service in 1962. Shlyomin died in 1969 and was buried in the

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in Moscow.

Sources

Generals.dk

Шлёмин Иван Тимофеевич
''warheroes.ru'' (in Russian)

''encyclopedia.mil.ru'' (in Russian)
Шлёмин Иван Тимофеевич
''divizia-rkka.ru'' (in Russian)

''hrono.ru'' (in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shlyomin, Ivan 1898 births 1969 deaths People from Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast Soviet lieutenant generals Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union